Deep Dive Agroecology 2: Policies for agroecological transformation

Photo: Organic farming in Tanzania - © Peter Lüthi, Biovision

Agroecological transitions require more than successful projects and local initiatives. To achieve lasting impact at scale, supportive policy environments are needed to shape incentives, institutions and investments across food systems. There are different ways in which policy can support and enable agroecological transitions.

This second webinar of the A&FS Agroecology Deep Dive Series has been developed in collaboration with the Agroecology Coalition Policy Working Group and Biovision and explores two distinct pathways towards the same objective: enabling agroecological transitions at scale.
These pathways are:

• National Agroecology Strategies (NAS): dedicated national frameworks that define a country's vision, priorities and actions for agroecological transition. This pathway will be explored through the launch of Biovision’s new brief, From Policy Development to Practice for Impact: Reflections for a Successful Implementation of National Agroecology Strategies – Lessons from Frontline Actors in Africa.
• Agroecology mainstreaming: integrating agroecological principles into existing policies, institutions and investment frameworks, illustrated through a presentation of the ASEAN Guidelines on Agroecology Transitions

Drawing on experiences from both pathways, speakers will share key learnings and reflect on the opportunities and challenges of different policy approaches and discuss the conditions needed to translate policy commitments into practice.

Agenda:

• Welcome and introduction
• Framing the discussion
  Oliver Oliveros, Agroecology Coalition
• National Agroecology Strategies: from policy development to implementation
  Charlotte Pavageau, Biovision Foundation
• Mainstreaming agroecology through regional policy frameworks: the ASEAN experience
  Mr. Thisadee Chounlamountry, LICA
• Panel Discussion
  Mary Irungu, PELUM Kenya
  Jasmin Hundorf, GIZ
  Mr. Thisadee Chounlamountry, LICA
  Representative Senegal TBC
  John Garcia Ulloa – Biovision Foundation (Moderation)
• Q&A
• Closing

This webinar is the second session of our Deep Dive series on Agroecology. It builds on the discussions from Webinar 1 on scaling agroecology and will be followed by a final Knowledge Fair showcasing agroecology innovations and experiences from A&FS Network members.